Understanding Private Law

World-leading private lawyers explore the impact of Stephen A Smith’s research on the fields of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and legal theory.

This book engages with some of Stephen A Smith’s most significant arguments, illustrating that he was a towering figure in the field of private law, with little of the field not impacted by his scholarship.

The contributors explore Professor Smith’s most controversial thinking on private law. Interrogating questions of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and the legal theory underlying these fields, this is an important publication in the field.